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At a #climate #summit short on good news, #Iran’s president delivered a rare moment of #comedy: #Tehran wants to be #paid for #environmental #damage caused by the war @turkiyecop31 @IRIMFA_EN tinyurl.com/mwjd9n2x

#Iran has #attacked ship navigation systems on the Omani #island of #Didamar in the #Strait of #Hormuz, three sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed, showing #Tehran's ability to target infrastructure used to restore Gulf oil flows #Oman tinyurl.com/3phbjcez

#Morocco won all four #gold #medals at the Arab #Golf #Championships in #Doha, while the #UAE finished as runner-up with three silvers and a bronze tinyurl.com/5e3e4ve6

Lebanese security forces arrested five #Hezbollah #members on Tuesday in a mountainous, mainly #Christian area of North #Lebanon. The case highlights the #danger the #Iran-backed militia still poses to Lebanon’s fragile #stability tinyurl.com/7bnevzv9

An Egyptian #court on Wednesday #postponed until November 18 a #retrial of the editor-in-chief of #MadaMasr, a prominent independent #news #site, on charges of publishing false news and running an unlicensed website, the site said #Egypt tinyurl.com/e22c5f6b

The #EuropeanUnion is weighing a broad upgrade in ties with #Syria, including #security sector reform, #investment and a revival of a long-frozen trade accord, according to an #EU document seen by Reuters, as the bloc seeks to draw Damascus closer to Europe and counter lingering Russian influence after Bashar al-Assad's overthrow #Russia tinyurl.com/mabc2ymd

#Russian, #Ukrainian and #US officials began a second day of #peace #talks in #AbuDhabi on Wednesday, resuming meetings which Kyiv and Washington depicted on Monday as #constructive but produced no early signs of a breakthrough #Russia #Ukraine #UAE tinyurl.com/zsdv6rhp

In October, #hackers linked to #Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps remotely seized control of #refrigeration #systems across roughly 700 French #supermarkets and shops #France #IRGC @IRIMFA_EN tinyurl.com/4et6xvz8

#Tehran has designated #Argentina's #navy and #airforce as "#terrorist organizations," #Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, in a reciprocal move following Buenos Aires' designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity in April #IRGC tinyurl.com/4umh9ps7

World leaders will set out their climate priorities in speeches at @turkiyecop31 in #Turkey on Wednesday, as #negotiators seek agreement on a plan to increase the share of electricity in global energy use and revive stalled efforts to move away from fossil fuels #Climate tinyurl.com/y9ver3nn

#Iraq #barred a #plane carrying #Iran's national #soccer team from #landing at #Basra airport on Tuesday, a decision by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority linked to #US #sanctions imposed on Iranian airlines, two Basra airport officials said tinyurl.com/mncm5mkm

#Iran's top security official #MohsenRezaei said there are currently no negotiations taking place between #Tehran and #Washington, in an interview with pro-Iran broadcaster Al-Mayadeen tinyurl.com/yc7s9zjh

#European #nations have taken no concrete steps to strengthen #shipping #protection in the #RedSea, #Italy's defence minister said on Tuesday, adding that governments have failed to respond to his calls to bolster the bloc's naval mission in the area #Yemen #Houthis #Iran tinyurl.com/yfcrxy4a

#Israel's #parliament was sworn in on Tuesday without a new #government, after a deadlocked general #election stripped Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu of his parliamentary majority but left his main rivals with no clear path to power @KnessetENG tinyurl.com/5awwce28

Seven-times #FormulaOne world champion #LewisHamilton arrived in #Egypt's #ElArish on Tuesday to see first hand efforts to receive humanitarian and relief aid bound for the #Gaza Strip #Hamas tinyurl.com/yzv35uvt

US Secretary of State #MarcoRubio told #G7 foreign ministers on Tuesday that the #US would keep #imposing "devastating" #economic #costs on #Iran, saying it had options beyond war or agreeing to #unacceptable Iranian demands, four G7 diplomats said tinyurl.com/32xjzmrf

The #UN human rights office #condemned #Egypt this week for arresting the entire Matsaddash fact-checking newsroom (six journalists) on #terrorism charges and ordering the closure of independent site #MadaMasr @volker_turk tinyurl.com/s965k4a7

On Monday, #French #MPs in committee approved a Socialist Party (PS) #proposal to #ban #imports of goods from Israeli #settlements and certain services linked to them #Israel @faureolivier #France tinyurl.com/yvzvz23v

#Qatar's prime minister will meet European powers and #SaudiArabia on Tuesday in an unscheduled stop at the #G7 foreign ministers meeting in #Paris after holding talks on Monday with US President Donald Trump on the #Iran conflict tinyurl.com/36tm6jbx

Russian and Ukrainian officials planned to meet on Tuesday for two days of #US-brokered #talks — their first since February — after President Donald #Trump suggested last week that a broad peace deal was possible in their 4-1/2-year-old war and could incorporate Europe's security #UAE #AbuDhabi #Russia #Ukraine tinyurl.com/2nwh7zub